For those without mathematical backgrounds that have a hard time with charts and graphs will make out like bandits with this talk. He covered the basics and how to interpret the graphs, so one can loosly compare two different bulbs and compare the colors and peaks and basicly tell if one is going to be "bluer" or "yellower" or "redder". If one was already famillar with the colors they recieved on another bulb, they could use that as a point of reference.
Currently, I am really interested in the different clades of proteins that produce the colors in coral, and would have like to have heard any new research on that, but probably would have needed an hour just to explain that.
Perception of color is another thing, and how it differs, should there be a benchmark or standard for judging coral coloration, after all is it the coral that is that blue, or is it the bulbs?
BTW, if you guys are with him tomorrow, ask him about the decay rate that he has found. I heard that after the first month or two it drops considerably, but the rate of decay slows eventually staying near constant at the 30%, which is what he seemed to be implied by the data.
As well, if the color shift by loosing blue and gaining red was an effect of the materials in the bulb breaking down and oxidizing or even being broke down......which is why some imported bulbs would do it faster as a result of higher impurities in the materials?
Didn't ask 'cuz it was late and I knew they were a little out of the scope.
